Transforming Public and Private Sector Organizations : Implementing Sustainable Purpose, Travelling Organization and Connectivity for Resilience

Part I: Introduction Chapters -- 1. General Introduction -- 2. The Framing of the Book Using Statements of Selected Leaders -- Part II: Fundamental Perspectives -- 3. Different Umbrellas to Foster Innovation: An Overview of Potential Ecosystem Options for Innovation Driving Change and Transformations on Different Levels -- 4. Psychological Capabilities Required for Continuous Transformations: The Self on Permanent Journeys with a Travelling Organization -- 5. How Science and Management Under Uncertain Conditions Are Linked. Lessons Learned from Studying the Origins of Life Through Molecular Modeling and Life as a Doctoral Student -- 6. How to Create Neutral Views and Perspectives During Transformations. Learning from Rebecca Solnit’s Book “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” -- Part III: Preparing and Running Transformations -- Large Scale Transformation, Adaptation, and Resilience Using Mindfulness, Purpose, and the AAUL Framework -- 8. The Application of a New Framework: Connecting the “Being Framework” with the “Three-Pillars Model” of Organization and Leadership to Foster Transformations: A Helpful Contextualizing of the “Being Framework Ontological Model” in Working with People in Organizations in Transformations -- 9. How to Bring Energy into a Travelling Organization Running Transformations -- 10. The Controller’s New Role in Significant Transformations -- 11. Development of the Personal Ability to Transform by Means of Actor Coaching and Training -- Part IV: Fundamental Transformations: Exciting Use Cases in the Public and Private Sector -- 12. The Role of Management in Business Transformation: Success Factor Mindset -- 13. The Journey of Start-Ups from Birth to Adulthood: Case Studies on Fundamental Transformations with Start-Ups as Traveling Organizations -- 14. Starting a Fundamental Transformation: From Stone Age to Exploring the Universe in a Few Years—Breaking the Continuum of Evolution in Insurance -- 15. The Virtual Actuarial Function as a Key Part of an Insurance Enterprise’s Navigation in General and in the Unknown Area of Product Development -- 16. A Travelling Organization in Latin America: How to Run a Local Project as Part of a Global Transformation Program -- 17. New Technologies and New Customer Experiences Driving Transformations in the Private and Public Sector -- 18. The Sustainability Transformation -- 19. Transparency and Technology: How to Transform to Sustainability by Applying Blockchain Technology -- 20. How to Navigate and Pivot in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (“VUCA”) World: Perspectives from the Corporate and Non-Profit Sector -- 21. A Fundamental Transformation in the Context of Peripheral Territories and Revitalization Processes in Urban Planning -- 22. A Significant Transformation of a Technical Museum: A Mini Case Study -- Part V: Resume and Take-Aways -- 23. Conclusions and Takeaways. .